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A. seneum, Herhst. Kirhy. Cur. cEneus, Fab. Marsh. 
Frequent on the Malva sylvestris, Common Mallow. 
Musselburgh. Portobello. Salisbury Craigs, &c. 
A. Pisi, Germar. Attel. Pisi, Fab. Cur. stiiatus, Marsh. 
Ap. striatum, Kirby. 
Frequent on broom. Braid Hills. Craiglockhart, &c. 
May — August. 
A. immune, Kirhy. 
Not very frequent. It inhabits broom and furze. 
A. virens, Kirhy. Germar. Ap. asneocephalum, Gyllen. 
Not common. 
A. Marchicum, Kirhy. Germar. Ap. violaceum, Gyllen. 
This species, which resembles the preceding so closely 
that Mr Kirby conjectures it may prove only a sexual va- 
riety, is found occasionally among grass, and on wall- tops. 
A. flavipes, Herhst. Kirhy. 
Frequent in spring in hedges, on stones, &c. It is some- 
times plentiful in the autumn on the leaves of the hasel. 
The larva feeds on the Trifolium repens, Dutch Clover. 
A. flavifemoratum, Kirhy, Cur. Tri/bliiy Var. Marsh. 
The most common species of the genus in this neighbour- 
hood, and may be met with throughout the spring and 
summer. Both in the larva and perfect state it frequents 
the common red clover (Trifolium pratense), in fields of 
which it often commits great devastation *. 
A. Vicia?, Kirhy. Germar, 
On the Vicia Cracca, Tufted Vetch, occasional. Banks 
of the Water-of-Leith and Almond. J uly, August. 
• For an account of this insect, with whose history and economy it 
is of importance for the agriculturist to be acquainted, reference may 
be made to several interesting articles in the Sixth Volume of the 
Transactions of the Einnean Society. 
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